Wednesday, June 11, 2008

It's been a little slow on the new release front with all the companies gearing up for CHA Summer, but we have gotten in some really great new stuff in the past week or so. Many of the releases are travel themed, but Reminisce just came out with 42 new themes- from water parks, to family and everything in between!

Making Memories new release has a wonderful vintage feel. There are tons of great embellishments (i *love* the little suitcase filled with goodies!) and Making Memories has joined the clear stamp revolution and introduced their line of clear stamps and storage options. One of their new sets is travel themed, but they also have alphabets, vintage shapes and labels and wings and crowns. Additionally, in their latest shipment, we received felt alphas, mini glitter alphas and the coolest deco looking epoxy alphabets. Check them out near the front of the store!

SEI, Inc's newest line, Poppy, is absolutely gorgeous! Each of the double sided card stock papers has foil on one side! Some is blue, some is silver, some is red and it's all very luxe and fresh. The bold floral pattern is balanced out by delicate stripes and swirls into a line that is very versatile and great for layouts and cards. The ribbons are posh as well, with lots of texture and shape that will complement any project.

KI Memories has a wonderful way of reinventing themselves while still retaining their signature look! This line is quintessential KI Memories but anything but dated! Their lace card stock has a lovely shimmer to it that really sets off the butterflies and swirls. Their double sided print papers are perfectly coordinated (and from what I've heard, *perfect* for iris folding) and have easy to use patterns that will work well with each other and with papers you may already have. Their embellishments are very cool- the embroidered felt pieces are very nicely done and the butterfly paper clips would be as much at home on a layout as they would be with a nice desk set as a gift!

I don't want to visually overload you guys, so I'll just mention that we also received My Mind's Eye new Garden Party lines, new papers from Sandylion and Creative Imaginations (including some cream and black shaped papers that are very nice), new Great Impressions stamps, new papers from Flair and the new line- Chloe Marie from Daisy D's papers.